[kreynolds] Help with PDF files

[reveal]

Re: Sorry for butting in

Hello,
I was discussing doing the same thing (compiling everything into a pdf file) with a friend of mine.
Now, where our plan differ from reveal's plan is when it comes to setting up/formatting the pdfs.
We were actually thinking of formatting it much like the core books, with two columns and the tables set up properly within the text.
Unfortunately neither of us are pdf experts, but I do have Adobe Pagemaker 7 installed on my computer and I can usually come up with a fairly satisfying result when fiddling about with such programs.
Now, kreynolds, maybe you, and perhaps reveal too, would be willing to help with setting everything up this way?
I know it's a way bigger job than just collecting the rtf files into a big pdf, but I also think it would greatly help with using the finished pdf as a source "book", especially if one were to print it all out to take to the gaming table. Reformatting the whole thing would should also cut down on the page count, since there is a lot of white space in the current pdf document.
Anyway, let me know if you guys would be willing to help. Maybe we can even put out the word that we were looking for even more volunteers - I would be surprised if there weren't at least a couple of interested fellow members who could help us along.

That sounds like a good idea. Check out this thread for someone who's doing exactly that.

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1028231

He's got a Demo posted of his work so far.

 

[kreynolds]

Re: Sorry for butting in

Unfortunately neither of us are pdf experts...

No prob. Acrobat doesn't need to do anything but take what you have on screen and change the file type (in a nutshell).

...but I do have Adobe Pagemaker 7 installed on my computer...

My god, I'm sorry. Give me Word, Illustrator, and InDesign any day o' the week!

Now, kreynolds, maybe you, and perhaps reveal too, would be willing to help with setting everything up this way?

I'm currently working on something like that for the "contest". In all honesty, it just gives me an excuse to use my digital book design I finished a long time ago and post in the Art forums. Besides, I wouldn't mind a cleaner SRD myself.

Anyway, let me know if you guys would be willing to help. Maybe we can even put out the word that we were looking for even more volunteers - I would be surprised if there weren't at least a couple of interested fellow members who could help us along.

For me, the most time consuming part is the reformatting of the text. The pagination should be a cinch and my graphics (cover pages and inner pages) are already done.